All posts by Mrs. Accountability

"Wiggle" Room

Just Stuff
Paid Twice has written two posts now about having some “wiggle” room in the budget. I admire PT for being so focused on debt reduction, I recognize myself in her. But that was many years ago. I sometimes want to kick myself for not having that drive, the desire to be debt-free so strongly. But I just don't seem to have the stamina for it any longer. I remember when I was a teenager, and feeling disgusted for the wasteful… Read the rest

Loser with a Capital L

Balance Transfer Saga
That's what I feel like tonight!!!!! I remember trying to get an automatic payment set up with the new ZERO PERCENT interest card, and I couldn't remember when the payment was due. I thought maybe on the 7th, or the 9th, or TODAY. I was gone working with my husband all day long, with no computer and no internet access. I remembered on the way home, and I logged in to Citicards right away. On the front page, it showed… Read the rest

Phone Quotes – Becoming Less of an Option

saving money
Along with customer service, phone quotes are apparently becoming a thing of the past. Yesterday my boss gave me an impromptu assignment. Find a plumber that could roto-root out our kitchen plumbing. Apparently one of our volunteers put a gallon or so of cooked asparagus down the disposal.  Asparagus is very fibrous and it wreaked havoc in our old pipes.  Our kitchen passes inspection regularly, but the building is old, and the pipes periodically give us trouble. So I got… Read the rest

When Being Poor Warps Your Thinking

Just Stuff
I remember when our income was so meager that I didn't bother to look to see how much something cost, because I didn't have even five extra dollars to buy it. When more money started coming in, I remember the astonishment when looking at an item and thinking I'd done without that little thing all these years, when it only cost five dollars! I guess I'd thought it cost a lot more. Last week, my boss asked me if my… Read the rest